"C" is for Child and Other Friday Fun

Nick holding tiny Harrison James last year when he was a tiny child! Today he turned one.

Grandmama I really don't see the need to wear shoes! This photo was taken 5 days ago.

Harrison's most unfavorite word " N O "! He is quite dramatic too. Perhaps he will do some acting later in life.

We were sharing an Opal apple. He is saying "Grandmama, my apple, please". He loves crunching apple bites with his sharp little teeth. It is hard to believe he is already one. It was just yesterday we were waiting for him to make his appearance into the world.

The letter C is for child.

Little boys are treasures
Who are worth their weight in gold
And charm everyone around them
From the time they're hours old

They're mommy's little darling,
A special pal to dad,
And they bring the very happiest days
A family's ever had!

Author Unknown

Although Harrison James is one year old today and he is a bouncing boy with big blue eyes here is a poem about Pink just for Beverly and the Pinkies!

What is Pink?
~Christina Rossetti

What is pink? A rose is pink
By the fountain's brink.
What is red? A poppy's red
In its barley bed.
What is blue? The sky is blue
Where the clouds float through.
What is white? A swan is white
Sailing in the light.
What is yellow? Pears are yellow,
Rich and ripe and mellow.
What is green? The grass is green,
With small flowers between.
What is violet? Clouds are violet
In the summer twilight.
What is orange? Why, an orange,
Just an orange!

Balloons for Harrison in blue and the Pink Saturday folks in Pink!

I am not sure what kind of birthday cake Harrison will have tomorrow at his party but I would choose this one for him. Nothing like Tigger and Pooh wishing you a Happy Birthday!

I sure love my BoJon Heritage and all the collection of characters in my phamily . We are all very blessed.

Aw...Monday Blue Monday Love is... "S" is for....SONday skies

This google image from APlacetoLoveDogs.com reminds me of the hot days we have had. Keep your pets safe and cool by keeping them indoors. I am appalled at people leaving dogs in cars to run a quick errand. Their body temperature is about 20 degrees higher than the temp outdoors. It is 92 here right now at 4:32 P.M. and I would not let any of our pets stay in a hot car for one minute. These two look like they have had enough of the indoor heat!

This sweet google image made me smile. It is true, no bad days when you have these kinds of furry friends waiting for you. Tell Sandee at Aw...Monday that you stopped by to say hello.

We had a great Father's Day dinner last week at the Olive Garden. It is always a great time.  My hubby wore his Kentucky blue Wildcat hat and his blue and orange Bronco tie dyed shirt. It was a good evening.

The cliffs of Mohre. Rebekah took her trip to Ireland in April and had a wonderful time.

Rebekah loves searching for waterfalls. This one was from their camping trip 2015.

Colorado camping 2015. I am not an outdoor camper kinda girl. I like to be in hotels. But Rebekah took this photo last August when they went camping.

A SONday afternoon shot of our Colorado skies. Nick had a soccer game and we were driving back from the sports facility. The SONday skies were bright and filled with bright clouds and blue in the 90 degree temps when the weather girl said mid-80's. Making a six figure income to tell the viewers tall tails. S made perfect sense for bright skies and SONday drives. Stop by Jeanne's and share some blues today.

Happy Birthday to Colton/K is for Kids

Colton Edward Eveland was born June 7, 1996 at Rose Medical Center in Denver, Colorado. What an experience to be there and share in this joyous occasion, a new grandson! He and I bonded the day he was born and are still very close 20 years later.

A silly sideways 3rd grade picture of this kiddo. What a character he was and still is.

Colton was a little lad when he took this photo with my sister Pat. She was an amazing person, we all miss her so much.

Colton loves Par Kour but not quite as much as he loves:

His sweet little phamily. Jacey and Harrison are the loves of his life.

Happy birthday grandson. These past 20 years have been a joyful time. Kids are my life and I love each and everyone of them. The letter K is for kids.

A Little Bit of Everything in a Good Life

"G" is my letter today. I have been gone for a bit, spending lots of quality phamily time here with the little ones. I also toyed with the idea of joining Premier Designs, which is a wonderful company and signed my contract earlier today. I love their jewelry so I am going to give this a try and see if I can add more beautiful pieces to my collection as well as collect new friends and reconnect with old. When I find something I enjoy I go in completely. I am very passionate about people and like to see smiles and laughter. It is a good life to live and I try to make it entertaining.

This pretty necklace is one of the pieces I want to add to my collection. Isn't it gorgeous? I love the natural design and neutral colors too.

Have you seen this bashful kitty? Perhaps I might tell you he is a very lazy kitty too. He was hiding his face, not wanting to see the camera taking his picture. I hope you will visit Sandee and everyone visting Aw...Monday. If you want to share a smile this place is a great way to start!

Manchu Picchu looks so gorgeous. Look at that blue sky behind those mountains peaks. This beautiful and historical sanctuary is located in Peru. I have spoken to people who have had the good fortunate of visiting this wonderful area and they all enjoyed their trip there immensely. Perhaps Jeanne and the folks at Blue Monday would enjoy the blue skies. we have had some rain lately so we have lots of gray skies to share.

Jeremy married into a wonderful phamily. These are his in-laws. I thought you would like to see the blues so many of them were wearing at the wedding too.  It was a gorgeous wedding and the rainy/snowy weather was good luck. My mother always told me if it rains on your wedding you will be blessed with a lot of cash. The newlyweds were able to purchase new appliances for their kitchen with the wedding money. They have a beautiful home but those new appliances add so much to their kitchen. They are blessed.

These fluffy clouds were gracing the skies over Burlington, Colorado on May 3rd, the day we left for Kansas to bring Nick home for the summer. I wanted to share them with Seasons. I would love to share an Ireland photo that Rebekah took while she was visiting there last month. I would love to visit Ireland someday too.

She took this photo while sightseeing in this exceptionally beautiful country. Please join Jesh and Seasons soon.

Anyone who knows Jenny Matlock knows that she hosted Alphabe Thursday for a long while. Jenny got sick with chronic pain and took a brief break from blogging. She came back with Warm Heart Wednesday and her health seem to worsen. She informed us she would be taking a long break from her blog. Makes my heart sad. Jenny is one of the kindest people I know here and she was a real doll when  met her in 2011. I am going to miss Jenny and  pray she gets some results from her search to be pain free again.

I have to disagree with Maxine. I often drink French Vanilla decaf coffee. You can stop by  Betsy Banks Adams  Face Book page and blame her. She gave me the idea of drinking this addictive decaf! It is a nice treat and I really love Betsy so I am only teasing her. My link keeps telling me I have a broken link to her blog. But she has a beautiful photo filled blog where she shares her travels with her sweetheart and hubby George.

Uncle Louie was a favorite relative. Today it is getting harder and harder to love your relatives because so many of them are self centered or plain hateful. But I was raised by two wonderful parents and this gentleman was my mom's only surviving brother . They lost their brother Tony in a gold mining cave in at Victor, Colorado in February 1927. Mom was 13, Uncle Louie was 18 years when their father and brother perished.  My grandmother did a wonderful job raising her children alone and she took in boarders and did lots of odd jobs to keep her phamily together. Our legacy is one of strong faith in God, something sadly lacking in today's culture. Phamily was important and they relied on each other to get through each day. My folks would be so sad to see the condition of the world and the meanness running through some of their children today.

Uncle Louie and his wife Auntie Ang at Preseren Home in Rye, Colorado. They never had their own children but loved each one of us as their own. I had many wonderful cousins growing up and I am happy to say I keep in touch with several of them to this very day. My BoJon life and neighborhood is something  else that is lacking in today's society. We knew all the neighbors and they knew us and the parents never hesitated to discipline us. Today a lawsuit would be filed and the majority of people rarely know any neighbors. I live in a relatively quiet area and I know several of my neighbors. In fact my neighbor Nancy and her daughter Amy have been having yard sales for the past few weekends. They have given me lots of great tips. Nancy is a Pennsylvania girl so since she works for the Adams 12 School District she gets the whole summer off and will fly home to be with her loved ones.

I enjoy participating with Pamela and the others who belong to the Sheltering group. We encourage anyone who  needs some encouragement and we like to wish the little ones well too. If you have anyone who you thinks needs a note or a card please private message me their info and I will see that they get some cards and notes in the mail.

Have a good week and come visit again very soon.

We're Going to the Chapel and They Are Going to Get Married.........

Nick was modeling his cool tux for me.  He is one of the 8 groomsmen. Can't share too much until after the big ceremony at 5 o'clock tonight. The groom and groomsmen will wear orange ties and vests and the dad's will wear navy blue. A true Bronco wedding and with the NFL Draft in full swing most of us are so happy with the Paxton Lynch QB pick!

We have to adjust the vest but isn't this baby boy handsome? we are just happy he made it home safely as this is a quick trip for him. He goes back to school tomorrow, finishes his finals and we pick him up on Tuesday May 3rd, our 32nd wedding anniversary. We will head out May 4th and Nick will be here for the summer. Jeremy and Brittany will be lying on a sandy beach for their honeymoon and we will enjoy the calm after the wedding. It has been a fun ride though.

"C" is for commitment! This wedding Day will be a beautiful sharing of special vows and a lifetime of love and commitment. I wish these kids a long and happy marriage, The kind my hubby and I have had. It has not been without sadness, illness, loss and many other obstacles life throws in your path. But the journey has been filled with love and respect, honor and trust. Marriage is a beautiful thing. I know the kids will have a good solid marriage too.

With the busy days we have had leading up to this eventful day, I fell behind on my posts. I will be sharing a giveaway soon. stay tuned. If you love all things tea like me you will love my giveaway too! This scripture really makes sense to me. I wish Brittany and Jeremy much joy and if they keep Christ as the center of their marriage it will be smooth sailing along the way.

The kids believe this is true. I will be back to share wedding photos. Make sure you visit Beverly and share your Pinks, or Peachy Oranges as I have today! Please say a prayer that the snowy weather allows our traveling guests to arrive safely.

B is for Being Silly and Other Beautiful words Beginning with B

Somehow I get on a silly kick and had to share this t shirt with you. It just makes me smile. I laugh out loud and love the words written here. Are you nerdy?

You know Maine has an opinion on everything! While I am being silly here is a great running quote:

Who doesn't agree with me?

I think "B" for Baseball is the best! I love this quote. I love baseball, the Colorado Rockies are not the best in baseball though.

B is also for boys and I have two of them! Nick will be home Friday, by the grace of God, for the wedding! Storms everywhere  east of us and we hear snow for Jeremy and Brittany's wedding on Saturday!

Auntie Ang never had children of her own but she and Uncle Louie loved all the little ones. Jeremy was just a tiny baby here with Noelle too.

Jeremy likes to wear sports hats today but when he was very small he liked fancy men's hats! This one belonged to Uncle Louie.

Jeremy was a good student when he attended Holy Family HS. Many teachers in his younger years always said he would become a good student if he worked harder.  All though high school and college he did just that! He graduated high school in 2003. This is ten years later:

Always smiling and boy oh boy is he smiling now. On Saturday he will be marrying Brittany. They go together beautifully. It is a good thing when one person compliments another. Here is a Scripture I hope they will mediate on:

This verse is written on my parents marriage certificate. These are wise words and I hope Jeremy and Brittany will think so too!

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12New American Standard Bible (NASB)

9 Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. 10 For if [a]either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not [b]another to lift him up.11 Furthermore, if two lie down together they [c]keep warm, but how can one be warm alone? 12 And if [d]one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart.

I will come back tomorrow and tell more stories about Jeremy. The day got away from me and I got a headache too. Just some stressful days leading up to the big day. Lots of things to do. Please visit Jenny and everyone at Warm Heart Wednesday too. Did I mention, weddings warm my heart?

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